Chapter 4:
A figure appeared before them. It seemed to be an old woman. Arisa screamed.
The figure sighed, "You're just like your father! You can't appreciate that I'm here to help you!"
Arisa looked up at the figure, "You know my father? And you know where they are, don't you?"
"My name is Taiiskun, I helped your mother the first time she entered the book. Your parents are trapped. They need your help, I am sending a boy to help you, but rest for now, you cannot leave until he has arrived. Nuriko and Hotohori will aid you as well. I would send the rest of the Suzaku Seishi with you, but they are also trapped. I must be off now, rest, you've had a hard day."
"Wait, Taiiskun! Where are my parents trapped, where are they?!" But she was gone.
"Arisa, I think you'd better listen to her, get some rest. I'll have a room set up for you immediately." Hotohori went off to prepare everything.
Arisa fell to her knees, still staring at the place where Taiiskun was, "Wait."
* * *
Kenji turned as he heard a knock on the door. Hikari rushed to the door.
Kenji thought that was odd, *Why would she be going to the door at a time like this* then he realized *Oh, she must see the possibility of it being her sister or her parents* Kenji looked at the open door, a boy was standing there. His hair was a dark shade of red that matched his eyes.
"I was looking for Arisa; we're supposed to work on a project together for school." The boy said
"She's not here."
The boy nodded and turned to go.
"Hold on, what's your name?" Hikari grabbed his shoulder.
"Um, Baiko. Why do you ask?"
Hikari pulled Baiko into the house. "Come with me! Maybe you can figure out what's going on, cause we sure as hell can't."
"Um, ok, I'll try." Baiko seemed uncertain.
"Well, it all started when I came home, and saw my sister engulfed in this red light."
Some time later, Hikari was finished with her story, and Kenji handed Baiko the book, "If you can do anything to help Arisa, please try."
Baiko flipped through the pages of the book and when he hit the page that was being written right then, time seemed to stop. No one moved, nothing moved. Slowly, the room began to spin, a red light engulfed Baiko, and he began to vanish. Hikari and Kenji dove at him to try and pull him away, but it was too late.
The next thing they knew, they were on the floor rubbing their heads, for they had bumped into each other. The book slowly fell to the floor.
Hikari grabbed it and flipped to the same page. The newest sentence read, "Baiko, the protector of the new priestess, has arrived!"
* * *
Arisa awoke the next morning to a lovely breakfast of. foods she had never seen before. Her stomach rumbled, she had always had a large appetite, just like her mother, so she dove into this new food, and enjoyed every piece of it.
"Arisa! Come quickly, we have new news from Taiisukun!"
Arisa ran to the main room of the palace and saw that Nuriko, Hotohori, and a young boy she didn't recognize were already there. The resemblance between Hotohori and this new boy was remarkable. Taiisukun was there also, hovering above them all.
"I have news of the quest you are destined to Arisa. The boy who will be accompanying you has arrived and."
"Oh! Is this him!" Arisa interrupted Taiisukun to run to the young boy.
"No, that is my son. He is here to learn what he has to do as temporary emperor in my absence, please listen Arisa, you don't want to miss something important to the survival of your parents do you?" Hotohori lectured.
Arisa sighed, "I'm sorry, continue."
"As I was saying, the boy that is to help you is outside the palace right now, and, Hotohori, will you let him in? Anyway, you will go with him, Nuriko, and Hotohori to save your parents."
Hotohori entered the room with a boy. The boy had dark red hair that matched his eyes, he spoke softly, "My name is Baiko."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A/N: I apologize for the lack of updates; midterms are the devil! I kinda lost inspiration for this chapter at first, and then towards the end I got better. So sorry. I also wanted to thank everyone that reviewed. It makes me feel happy. Yeah!
A figure appeared before them. It seemed to be an old woman. Arisa screamed.
The figure sighed, "You're just like your father! You can't appreciate that I'm here to help you!"
Arisa looked up at the figure, "You know my father? And you know where they are, don't you?"
"My name is Taiiskun, I helped your mother the first time she entered the book. Your parents are trapped. They need your help, I am sending a boy to help you, but rest for now, you cannot leave until he has arrived. Nuriko and Hotohori will aid you as well. I would send the rest of the Suzaku Seishi with you, but they are also trapped. I must be off now, rest, you've had a hard day."
"Wait, Taiiskun! Where are my parents trapped, where are they?!" But she was gone.
"Arisa, I think you'd better listen to her, get some rest. I'll have a room set up for you immediately." Hotohori went off to prepare everything.
Arisa fell to her knees, still staring at the place where Taiiskun was, "Wait."
* * *
Kenji turned as he heard a knock on the door. Hikari rushed to the door.
Kenji thought that was odd, *Why would she be going to the door at a time like this* then he realized *Oh, she must see the possibility of it being her sister or her parents* Kenji looked at the open door, a boy was standing there. His hair was a dark shade of red that matched his eyes.
"I was looking for Arisa; we're supposed to work on a project together for school." The boy said
"She's not here."
The boy nodded and turned to go.
"Hold on, what's your name?" Hikari grabbed his shoulder.
"Um, Baiko. Why do you ask?"
Hikari pulled Baiko into the house. "Come with me! Maybe you can figure out what's going on, cause we sure as hell can't."
"Um, ok, I'll try." Baiko seemed uncertain.
"Well, it all started when I came home, and saw my sister engulfed in this red light."
Some time later, Hikari was finished with her story, and Kenji handed Baiko the book, "If you can do anything to help Arisa, please try."
Baiko flipped through the pages of the book and when he hit the page that was being written right then, time seemed to stop. No one moved, nothing moved. Slowly, the room began to spin, a red light engulfed Baiko, and he began to vanish. Hikari and Kenji dove at him to try and pull him away, but it was too late.
The next thing they knew, they were on the floor rubbing their heads, for they had bumped into each other. The book slowly fell to the floor.
Hikari grabbed it and flipped to the same page. The newest sentence read, "Baiko, the protector of the new priestess, has arrived!"
* * *
Arisa awoke the next morning to a lovely breakfast of. foods she had never seen before. Her stomach rumbled, she had always had a large appetite, just like her mother, so she dove into this new food, and enjoyed every piece of it.
"Arisa! Come quickly, we have new news from Taiisukun!"
Arisa ran to the main room of the palace and saw that Nuriko, Hotohori, and a young boy she didn't recognize were already there. The resemblance between Hotohori and this new boy was remarkable. Taiisukun was there also, hovering above them all.
"I have news of the quest you are destined to Arisa. The boy who will be accompanying you has arrived and."
"Oh! Is this him!" Arisa interrupted Taiisukun to run to the young boy.
"No, that is my son. He is here to learn what he has to do as temporary emperor in my absence, please listen Arisa, you don't want to miss something important to the survival of your parents do you?" Hotohori lectured.
Arisa sighed, "I'm sorry, continue."
"As I was saying, the boy that is to help you is outside the palace right now, and, Hotohori, will you let him in? Anyway, you will go with him, Nuriko, and Hotohori to save your parents."
Hotohori entered the room with a boy. The boy had dark red hair that matched his eyes, he spoke softly, "My name is Baiko."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A/N: I apologize for the lack of updates; midterms are the devil! I kinda lost inspiration for this chapter at first, and then towards the end I got better. So sorry. I also wanted to thank everyone that reviewed. It makes me feel happy. Yeah!